Sky is Falling - 4:08noellenoOctober 1 2010, 22:01:14 UTC
Blue dreamed he broke through the atmosphere and fell up into a bed of stars that glowed faintly violet and blue, just like the halo his power gave him in flight. The moon was orange and red, half-obliterated and smoldering from its core. He felt warm for only as long as the destruction was in his line of sight; when he turned to face it once again, it was absent altogether.
A tiny speck of blue light glinted off the surface of the planet now at his feet. It streaked across clouds and sharply turned up, growing brighter and bigger, blasting through the last ring of air with a dull boom. Blue watched as it approached, having no way to dodge or turn away. He saw Jomy's shape within, fingers clawing at the sides of his head in pain. Blue reached out to grab hold of him, Jomy reaching in turn, but he couldn't reach, and Jomy soared past and out of sight. There was no sign of the light when Blue twisted around to search for him. He felt guilt and worry knot up in his chest, weighing him down and pulling him back towards the gray and green planet at his back.
"Hurry up!" a young William Harley called after him. The stars rippled away into a thick, gray ceiling.
Blue laid hands on the tiny domed window and saw rows and rows of cells. He saw his friends huddled within: Harley, Nina, Leo, Remus, Yusuke, Hiei...He saw the faceless labcoats leading the little girl away. Ruka looked over her shoulder at him.
He watched himself slam tiny fists against the door again and again, yelling to be heard and pleading to be released. The door gave way with a loud squealing of metal, and Blue fell and sank into deep, black water.
"You're dead now," said Remus, standing over the gravesite. The tree behind him was filled with black birds with rope in their talons. Remus gave a rueful smile. "But you can stay here."
"You can stay here," said Yusuke, seated cross-legged on the floor. "I don't care." Nina sat on the sofa and looked up at Blue, worried and singed from ash and fire.
"What do we do now?"
Blue sat beside the bed, holding his frail and aged hand carefully. He saw his eyes close against tears, mouth moving without words. Outside, the began to rise, covering everything white and gold.
A tiny speck of blue light glinted off the surface of the planet now at his feet. It streaked across clouds and sharply turned up, growing brighter and bigger, blasting through the last ring of air with a dull boom. Blue watched as it approached, having no way to dodge or turn away. He saw Jomy's shape within, fingers clawing at the sides of his head in pain. Blue reached out to grab hold of him, Jomy reaching in turn, but he couldn't reach, and Jomy soared past and out of sight. There was no sign of the light when Blue twisted around to search for him. He felt guilt and worry knot up in his chest, weighing him down and pulling him back towards the gray and green planet at his back.
"Hurry up!" a young William Harley called after him. The stars rippled away into a thick, gray ceiling.
Blue laid hands on the tiny domed window and saw rows and rows of cells. He saw his friends huddled within: Harley, Nina, Leo, Remus, Yusuke, Hiei...He saw the faceless labcoats leading the little girl away. Ruka looked over her shoulder at him.
He watched himself slam tiny fists against the door again and again, yelling to be heard and pleading to be released. The door gave way with a loud squealing of metal, and Blue fell and sank into deep, black water.
"You're dead now," said Remus, standing over the gravesite. The tree behind him was filled with black birds with rope in their talons. Remus gave a rueful smile. "But you can stay here."
"You can stay here," said Yusuke, seated cross-legged on the floor. "I don't care." Nina sat on the sofa and looked up at Blue, worried and singed from ash and fire.
"What do we do now?"
Blue sat beside the bed, holding his frail and aged hand carefully. He saw his eyes close against tears, mouth moving without words. Outside, the began to rise, covering everything white and gold.
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